Men's Journal

Should College Athletes Be Required to Get an EKG Test?

The debate over testing for the most common medical cause of death among NCAA athletes boils over. It was 1990 when 23-year-old Loyola Marymount basketball player Hank Gathers collapsed during a game ...
Sports Illustrated

NCAA chief medical officer abandons EKG test recommendation

Brian Hainline, the NCAA's chief medical officer, will no longer advocate men's basketball players take EKG tests to determine cardiac defects in the wake of mounting criticism of the idea from ...
KING5

Should all teen athletes get EKG tests?

Edwin Jacob plays football and basketball atFranklin High School. Herecently came to a youth heart screening event organized by the Nick of Time Foundation at his school. Just relax totally, and take ...
AOL

High school student's heart abnormality discovered after EKG test in medical class

KTLA-- An Azusa, California, high school student's heart abnormality was discovered after an EKG test in a medical class -- and it may have saved her life. Savannah Rudder's friends and family never ...
KXAN

Bill would require high school athletes to get EKG test

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Some student-athletes may soon have a new requirement to play high school sports. Lawmakers on Tuesday heard testimony on House Bill 767, which would require high schoolers to receive ...